Isospora bors n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) is described from 6 of 30 (20%) Baiuch rock gecko Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford in Saudi Arabia. Sporulated oocysts are subspheroidal to spheroidal, 18 × 16 (17–20 × 15–17) μm, with a bilayered, smooth, yellow-orange wall, without striae or micropyle. Polar body and oocyst residuum, both absent. Sporocysts are ovoidal, 10 × 7 (9–11 × 6–9) μm, with a Stieda body and sporocyst residuum. Endogenous stages developed in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the small intestine and above the host cell nucleus.
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1 December 2013
A New Species of Isospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) Infecting the Baiuch Rock Gecko, Bunopus tuberculatus, in Saudi Arabia
A. S. Abdel-Baki,
S. Al-Quraishy,
M. S. A. Al Otaibi,
D. W. Duszynski
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Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 99 • No. 6
December 2013
Vol. 99 • No. 6
December 2013